We're just going to come out and say it: Deathstroke has been Arrow's best villain. That's it.

And if his re-appearance in last week's Arrow season five finale has only left you wanting to see more of Manu Bennett, perhaps in a TV show of his very own, then head on over to Bennett's Twitter feed, as the actor himself is backing the calls to give Deathstroke a spin-off.

He later followed up that tweet with another that said Deathstroke's creator Marv Wolfman should also be included in the calls for a spin-off series (and he has Marv's full support, by the way), but by that point fans were already doing most of the work for him.

(Warning: There are some spoilers after these tweets if you haven't watched season 5 yet.)

So, are you listening, TV gods? There's an audience for this out there if you're willing to make it.

You know, assuming Deathstroke managed to survive the explosions on Lian Yu that left the fates of all of Team Arrow in doubt at the end of last season.

And while Manu Bennett is calling for his own iteration of the character to get his moment to shine, in the big-screen DC universe, Deathstroke will be coming to cinemas everywhere when Joe Manganiello takes on the role in The Batmanwith Ben Affleck – a casting choice Manu himself is on board with.

"I think Joe's a great physical choice for the role," he told Digital Spy when we asked earlier this year. "I don't know what choices he's going to make, but I'm very interested – as much as anybody else is – to see what his choices are. I wish him the very best."